The broadcast will start at 7.30pm BST (time zone) . The meditation will start promptly so log on a few minutes earlier. If you arrive late you should also be able to rewind the video or watch a recorded version on our google + or youtube page. You do not require a webcam or mic to attend. We will be only showing video feedback of the instruments at the start and then switching the webcam off (audio only) once the guided meditation starts.

This is the first guided meditation to be done on google hangout. The hangout will start promptly with the sounds of crystal singing bowls and then move onto a guided meditation. There will be instructions for two different techniques;
1. Being aware of your natural breath by noticing the sensations of the breath at the nostril or naval area. Watching the in and out breath.
2. Placing your attention at the point in between the eyebrows and noticing the sensations there.

You may practice any of these techniques. Further instructions will be given . If you practice any other technique you may also join us. There will be a period of silence for 10-15 mins in between the guided meditation. This will be followed by contemplations, insights and a process of self inquiry. This part of the guided meditation will allow us to contemplate and experience who we essentially are.

Try it now;
–notice whatever experience is occurring in this moment. Notice whatever sensation, thoughts, feeling or sensory experience is taking place in this moment.
-notice these experiences are continually shifting and changing form
-what is aware of these experiences? what remains untouched and unchanged even when these experiences (thoughts, sensations) are continually arising and passing? what is aware? who is aware? who are you?

We may take some questions at the end of the session and get some feedback on the hangout. If this something which is beneficial we will continue to hold weekly hangouts for group meditation. The hangout will last for around 1 hour and include 30-40mins of meditation.

This is a live recording from a guided meditation class which took place in Leicester, UK. You can watch the video on youtube or download the mp3 from the link below. Please use headphones for the best sound quality of the instruments.

I will now be holding one to one and group meetings in self inquiry. If you are sincerely interested then please contact me.

This meetup is for individuals and groups who wish to sincerely investigate who they truly are. In this dialogue, we will look into the common assumptions and beliefs of who we think we are as a person. Through this self inquiry we will start to look through these misidentifications and allow our natural essential self to be recognised. The dialogue held will be a spontaneous and intuitive sharing, based upon seeing who we are for ourselves. I will just offer my presence as a guide to help focus the attention back onto oneself and to offer a space for this process to happen.

I offer these contemplations at the end of the group meditations also. However, I have decided to open myself to working with individuals who wish to look deeper into the nature of who they are. I see that meditation techniques can only allow us to create a supportative space for this natural and spontaneous recognition of who we truly are. Investigation and self inquiry on a one to one basis is very powerful in revealing strategies of our own “ego” or “self-image” which cloud the recognition of our essential self.

These dialogues can be done one to one or with a group upon request. If you are interested then we can arrange a suitable time and place to meet. This could be in a place such as the Phoenix café or any other suitable place. If this type of meetup becomes more popular then I may find a suitable room to rent when required. This type of self inquiry can also be done through Email, Skype, etc. Please email or call me to arrange such a meetup. There Is no charge for this service. I offer this as a sharing. Email : meditation4all@live.co.uk or Skype: Meditation4all

A simple investigation into who am I?

Are you a thought? Are you a belief? Are you desire? Are you an experience which is changing in nature? Are you a personality? What is aware of all these aspects of experience? Who is aware? What is aware? Who is present? Is this presence you? Who are you? Are you another object of perception? Are you definable? Are you Changing? Who are you?

In the other meditational practices, we direct our attention to some aspect of our experience and witness these experiences. This could be consciously directing our attention to our breathing, sound, bodily sensations, feelings, thoughts and mental states.

In previous practices, we are aware of something rather than resting our attention in the naturally present awareness or perception itself. Meditational practices which take the awareness, perception, witness or seer as the object of attention itself, require a 180 degree turn of attention onto itself. This brings us directly to the essence of who we are, the awareness/presence/life itself. This is a spontaneous and intuitive recognition. Who you are is already present as this moment itself, as this presence/awareness which in not definable as another object of perception. You just are. All other notions of “who you are”, of persona etc are just aspects/forms which transiently play within your presence as a movement of life’s expression. In this recognition we can see through the boundaries our identity creates and SEE ourselves as the very sense of SEEING itself.

TRY IT NOW:

In this moment, bring your attention to this sense of just being aware. Not being aware of something. But just the awareness, looking, seeing, or perceiving itself, present in this moment. Just aware.

If your attention moves to some experience, bring your attention back to this formless and boundless awareness itself. Awareness present in this moment. Keep resting your attention in the awareness itself.

Through insight one recognises that in essence, one is the awareness itself. All experiences (stimuli from the five senses, thoughts, sensations etc.) may come and go within this awareness. The sense of individuality also occurs within awareness itself. This sense of unassociated existence or beingness also occurs within awareness itself.

Recognise this boundless awareness is ever-present. Experiences may arise and pass. Identification and reaction to experiences may arise and pass. The sense of individuality may arise and pass. The sense of oneness may arise and pass. Everything can arise and pass within this awareness, this awareness is the essence of who you are. Look deeply and see for yourself, who is the one seeing.

This is a audio taken from our meditation group in Leicester (UK). The meditation follow a similar format each week which usually starts with Crystal singing bowls, awareness of breathing meditation, and then onto other techniques which change from week to week. Most importantly, the guided meditation and the techniques used just act as a bridge for people to experience the essence of meditation within themselves. Feel and know. 🙂

This is a audio taken from our meditation group in Leicester (UK). The meditation follow a similar format each week which usually starts with Crystal singing bowls, awareness of breathing meditation, and then onto other techniques which change from week to week. Most importantly, the guided meditation and the techniques used just act as a bridge for people to experience the essence of meditation within themselves. Feel and know. 🙂